Name: International Mendelssohn Festival
Start: 2025-09-21T19:30:00
Location: Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Peijun Xu

Sebastian Klinger

Hartmut Rohde

Joanna Kamenarska

Annika Treutler

Sebastian Schmidt

Niklas Schmidt

Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic

Jens Bomhardt

Jan Talich

Roman Patočka

Radim Sedmidubský

Michal Kaňka

Patrick Gallois

Michel Lethiec

Matthias Lingenfelder

Stepan Simonia

Oliver Triendl

Carlo Colombo

Talich Quartet

Elbphilharmonie

For many, there is no more beautiful Advent tradition: a concert featuring Johann Sebastian Bach's "Christmas Oratorio." The Hamburg-based Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, with Julian Prégardien in the role of the narrating Evangelist and conductor Lionel Sow, who currently shapes the French choral scene like no other, brings this classic to the Elbphilharmonie and complements it with contemporary versions of traditional Christmas carols such as "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen."

Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Lionel Sow

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Dorsaf Hamdani is considered one of Tunisia's greatest voices. She has sung classical Arab-Andalusian music at the Cairo Opera, but has also worked with musicians from a variety of genres with equal passion. Above all, she is committed to sharing the cultural influences of her vocal art – these include, above all, the great singers of the Middle East: Umm Kulthum from Egypt, Asmahan from Syria, and Fairuz from Lebanon. Hamdani dedicated a very personal album to these three icons in 2011, which she now translates into a concert program.

Dorsaf Hamdani / Pierre Clavé / Yousef Zayed

Christmas is a time to find peace and to listen. To hear what is important in life. Christmas is full of traditions that connect people across age boundaries and link the present with the past. Singer Helene Blum and violinist Harald Haugaard bring the special atmosphere of the Nordic winter into the concert hall. Their programme »Nordic Christmas« celebrates this auspicious time with authentic and lovingly selected pieces and stories. The Danish musicians and their changing guests skilfully tell of the little moments, and between the notes the audience sees the tracks in the snow, hears the goblins giggling and the reindeer rattling. Time seems to stand still – until the next drum roll sounds and a lively dance begins...

Nordic Christmas

Jubilant choirs in high church halls, hardly anything reminds us more vividly of the deeper meaning of Christmas: the birth of a child and the promise of a happy future. And so the NDR Vokalensemble groups its Christmas concert around Johann Sebastian Bach’s motto »Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied«. Bach has two choirs compete with each other in the praise of God. And the magnificent final fugue »Alles was Odem hat, lobe den Herrn« with its virtuoso colouratura really hardly gives the singers a chance to catch their breath.

NDR Vocal Ensemble / Heide Müller

"Agmal Layali" is the name of the program presented by the group Love and Revenge at the Elbphilharmonie – "the most wonderful nights." To make the concert evening truly special, they combine the unique voice of Egyptian icon Umm Kulthum with hypnotic electronic beats and atmospheric video projections. Traditional instruments will also be tuned – such as the Arabic short-necked lute, the oud, which can be heard electronically. A concert with a high party factor!

Love and Revenge

The ProArte »Winter’s Tale« has long since become a cherished tradition in Hamburg. Since 2017, a lovingly compiled and top-class programme has been delighting young and old alike every year on the Elbphilharmonie’s festively decorated stage. Seasoned artists as well as great up-and-coming talents do the honours here, where you can hear cheerful and festive, enchanting and contemplative music. And right in the middle of it all: the wonderful Katharina Thalbach, who brings the »festival of love« to life in all its facets with her unmistakable voice and superb acting – cheerful and touching, profound and profound.

A Winter’s Tale

The Hamburg State Orchestra's Philharmonic Concerts become time-plays, transcending the boundaries of the ordinary: This concert showcases Detlev Glanert's play with Haydn's way of thinking – his new composition, inspired by the Farewell Symphony, is juxtaposed with the original. Haydn thus encounters us today as a mirror of the past and, through Glanert, as a part of the here and now. This unabashed musical play opens up new perspectives on our musical culture, our thinking and being, and our way of receiving music.

Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Omer Meir Wellber

Sukyeon Kim is one of the most promising pianists of the younger generation: her playing is characterised by stupendous technique and great expressiveness. She won numerous competitions at a young age. Her broad repertoire includes works from the baroque to the modern era. For her piano recital at the Elbphilharmonie, she will present a varied programme of well-known composers – an unforgettable evening full of musical masterpieces and impressive sounds.

Sukyeon Kim / Piano evening

NDR ElphCellisten

In 2025, the "Waltz King" Johann Strauss II would have celebrated his 200th birthday – and this, of course, deserves a fitting celebration outside of his native Vienna. The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra is dedicating its New Year's Eve and New Year's Day concerts to the man of seemingly inexhaustible creativity. The North German orchestra thus joins the Viennese tradition of t

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Katharina Konradi / Manfred Honeck

In this New Year's Eve concert, the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra and its General Music Director Omer Meir Wellber present a bizarre and dazzling blend of virtuoso vocal artistry, imaginative sound, and humorous expressiveness.

Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Hila Baggio / Omer Meir Wellber

Joja Wendt’s New Year concert in the Elbphilharmonie kicks off the New Year in exuberant, genre-transcending style. Traditionally, it’s an evening full of musical surprises with a reasonable chance that Hamburg’s incumbent mayor, Till Brönner, Tom Gaebel, Götz Alsmann or musical companions such as Inga Rumpf and Abi Wallenstein will drop by as surprise guests.

Joja Wendt

Elegance, lightness and tonal refinement – this programme captures the unmistakable spirit of French music. Works by Camille Saint-Saëns, Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy and Ernest Chausson can be heard between subtle melody and dance-like drive – finely orchestrated, full of esprit and sensuality. From the delicate combination of harp and violin to Chausson’s large-scale concerto for violin, piano and string quartet, an evening of French charm and tonal finesse unfolds.